Douglas Murray on how the ‘Ground Zero mosque hurts Islam.’
Claudia Rosett finds that the controversial imam who is backing the Ground Zero mosque, Feisal Abdul Rauf, has “clammed up” and left the country.
Akbar Ahmed tells Cliff May: “Muslim leaders need to understand…that 9/11 remains an open wound for Americans. And it is wrong to rub salt into an open wound.”
Cliff May argues that liberal elite think that “Anyone who says that Rauf’s project is ‘confrontational’ or ‘in bad taste’ or disrespectful of non-Muslims — to borrow a few descriptions from Raheel Raza, board member of the Muslim Canadian Congress — is intolerant and a bigot and an Islamophobe.”
Jennifer Rubin on ‘the left vs. America at Ground Zero.’
“Ros-Lehtinen, King Oppose Taxpayer-Funded Trip to Middle East for ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Imam who Blames U.S. for 9/11.”
Ben Smith wonders whether the president will weigh in on the growing debate.
